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Pioneer Rural Water District customers no longer need to vigorously boil their water prior to drinking or cooking. This boil water advisory affected customers who live on Fred Dobbins Road off Highway 24 to Prater Gin Road in Anderson County, South Carolina. This includes all residents on Fred Dobbins Road from Highway 24 to Prater Gin Road and includes Indian […]

Pioneer Rural Water District has issued a boil water advisory for residents on Fred Dobbins Road, Prater Gin Road, and Indian Trail Road in Anderson County, South Carolina, due to a water main break near Highway 24; customers must vigorously boil water for at least one full minute before drinking or cooking, discard any ice that wasn’t boiled prior to […]

Oconee County Council Chairman Matthew Durham confirmed recent conversations with State Senator Thomas Alexander following the council’s request for a Senate oversight investigation into potential conflicts of interest surrounding a developer’s proposal for 5,200 homes on 600 acres near Newry Mill. Durham highlighted serious concerns about overlapping relationships between developers, including ties to Clemson University leadership and major donors, and […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) reported four new confirmed measles cases in Spartanburg County on Friday, increasing the state’s 2025 total to 37 and the ongoing Upstate outbreak to 34; all new cases stem from close contacts of known patients with no identified public exposures. DPH continues to contain the outbreak through isolation and quarantine for unvaccinated […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham told 101.7/WGOG NEWS’s Dick Mangrum in Clemson that Republican resolve will force a breakthrough in the Democrat-driven government shutdown, predicting a full resolution by Wednesday or Thursday despite ongoing partisan obstruction from the left…  

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) Board of Commissioners will meet at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon in the Lamar Bailes Board Room at the OJRSA Operations & Administration Building. The agenda includes a 30-minute public comment session (up to 5 minutes per speaker), approval of October 6, 2025, board minutes, and committee reports from Reconstitution, Operations & Planning, and […]

Timothy Reshawn Leland, 42, of Seneca, remains in the Oconee County Detention Center on a $150,000 bond and a DCT hold after his arrest on October 28 for third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office began investigating on September 28 following a hospital report, and during the investigation said the found evidence that Leland communicated […]

The Clemson Police Department has received multiple reports of scammers impersonating officers and demanding money by phone, claiming victims missed court dates or face arrest warrants; authorities emphasize that CPD never requests personal information or payments over the phone and urge residents to hang up immediately on suspicious calls and report them at 864-624-2000 while sharing the alert to raise […]

Starting November 1, Upcountry Fiber will no longer offer traditional TV service to new customers, though existing customers will experience no immediate changes to their current service. The company’s long-term plan is to eventually phase out traditional TV entirely, a decision driven by rising programming costs from content companies and national network fees that make affordable service increasingly difficult, changing […]